Job vacancy: Business Systems Finance Analyst – Specialist (Digital Development), Public Health Wales NHS Trust, Cardiff

Job summary

Main area

Digital Development

Grade

Band 6

Contract

Permanent

Hours

Full time
Flexible working
Home or remote working

37.5 hours per week

Job ref

028-AC141-0625

Employer: Public Health Wales NHS Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: 2 Capital Quarter
Town: Cardiff
Salary: £37,898 - £45,637 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 29/06/2025 23:59
Interview date: 12/07/2025

Business Systems Finance Analyst – Specialist (Digital Development)

Band 6

Welcome to Public Health Wales, the national public health organisation for Wales

Our vision is Working to achieve a healthier future for Wales

To find out more visit Public Health Wales and watch this video about our Strategic Plan

Working together, with trust and respect, to make a difference

Applicants are invited to apply in Welsh, any application submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application made in English. To support our all Wales service, we particularly welcome applications from Welsh speakers.

Please be advised that there is a temporary top up for Bands 2 and 3 to reflect the incorporation of the top up to the living wage of £12.60 per hour - £24,638 per annum.

This temporary top up will be in place until the annual pay uplift for 2025/26 is confirmed.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The post holder will take a lead role in the administration, development and maintenance of the Trust’s Financial Management and Business Systems ensuring system integrity, controls, interfaces,
subsystems, BI tools and all closedown requirements are properly managed.

The post-holder will be expected:
- to be responsible for the integrity, administration and support of all finance business systems

- to be proactive in identifying potential system developments and provide advice on the most appropriate way to approach those developments, including process automation

- to plan and prioritise a wide ranging annual work plan, for example developing timetables and planning resources for testing cycles; liaising with a variety of colleagues, other organisations and stakeholders to ensure reporting requirements are met and systems are kept up to date

- to provide front line financial systems support and advice to a wide range of staff, managers and clinicians

- to work with service providers, all Wales Oracle consortium and Public Health Wales NHS Trust colleagues to develop and improve current systems and practices

- to deal with a complex array of data in the most efficient way possible, utilising a range of technological solutions and assessing the most appropriate tools

- take a lead role in ensuring that all-Wales system developments are fully risk assessed, tested and successfully implemented locally

- to contribute to and influence the all-Wales Oracle consortium in acquiring and developing system functionality that will benefit Public Health Wales NHS Trust and Wales as a whole

- contribute to and influence all-Wales and internal user groups within the Finance and Purchase to Pay (P2P) functions

- deliver improvements to end users from multiple work streams, by developing and designing bespoke solutions through a range of applications and software, including robotics

- represent the Finance Systems Team as and when required

You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click "Apply now" to view on Trac.

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

Educated to post-graduate level or qualified by specialist experience in a financial, informatics or systems environment

Desirable criteria

AAT (Level 4)

Experience

Essential criteria

Significant years’ experience of working in the NHS, acquiring specialist knowledge relating to a financial, informatics or systems environment
Able to demonstrate experience of working in a customer focused manner (internal & external to the Trust)
Demonstrable experience of delivery, including projects and system or service change, to strict deadlines

Desirable criteria

Able to demonstrate using SQL, VBA for development of and querying databases/reports
Oracle Financials (all modules) administration, support and development

Skills

Essential criteria

Advanced level of application software skills in for example, including Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook & Word, SharePoint etc.
Strong verbal communication skills

Desirable criteria

The ability to speak Welsh or willingness to learn

Knowledge

Essential criteria

Knowledge of finance and procurement processes
High degree of technical ability related to business systems
Have a good understanding of accounting systems and requirements.

Desirable criteria

Understanding of information processes

Public Health Wales, reserves the right to close this vacancy early. We therefore encourage early applications.

Priority is given to staff awaiting redeployment. We therefore reserve the right to withdraw this advert at any stage.

If you have a disability and have any particular requirements to enable you to participate in the application process, please contact [email protected]

IMPORTANT NOTE FOR APPLICANTS: Applications for our roles are carefully reviewed and shortlisted based on specific criteria, which varies from job to job. Using a generic application to apply for multiple roles or relying on automated AI application services, such as Lazy Apply or AI Apply, may not provide the necessary information, leading to your application being overlooked. To ensure your application is given full consideration, we recommend submitting a tailored application that directly addresses the criteria listed in the Person Specification section of the advert.

If you are successful and short listed for interview you will be contacted by email using the address with which you registered. Please ensure you check your email account regularly.

We are committed to fair, transparent recruitment and believe in equality of opportunity in our workplace and will not tolerate discrimination on grounds of age, disability, gender identity, religion or belief, race or nationality, marriage or civil partnership status, sex, sexual orientation, working pattern, caring responsibilities, trade union activity or political beliefs – or on any other grounds. We welcome applications from individuals seeking flexible working arrangements.

To work in the UK, all candidates who are not UK or Republic of Ireland (RoI) nationals require sponsorship to obtain either a Health and Care visa or Skilled Worker visa, unless you have permission to work via another route. Non UK / RoI candidates wishing to apply should self-assess the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship by visiting Work in the UK. If you are eligible for the Health and Care visa, application costs are lower and you do not need to pay the annual Immigration Health Surcharge.

The salary scale shown is for a full-time member of staff, with the amount being adjusted pro rata for those working less than 37.5 hours per week.

In general, anyone joining our Trust who has not previously worked in the NHS will, by default, start on the first point of the advertised pay band. Pay progression will then be determined by annual Performance and Development Reviews in accordance with the NHS Wales Pay Progression Policy. An application for Incremental Credit may be considered, but can only be awarded based on evidenced, reckonable service and/or equivalent, relevant experience.